We are more complex than we know what to do with, And we are more beautiful than we know what to do with — The only necessary erring, As we know, Being the inevitable failure to process All this beauty, All this possibility, All this urge to kill and all this Urge to find a […]

In the election of new President of the United States of America Donald Trump, we have the first ever American instance of an elect not having any political experience whatsoever. The only even remote comparable would probably be Ronald Reagan, who, although enjoying a measurable career as a Hollywood actor, did at least serve as […]

A drapery of vast gray Cloaked the late November sky. The people moved around rapidly, Without talking, Edging toward a sterility which In their minds was the right thing to do. The goal was to avoid noteworthiness — To avoid disaster, To avoid a news story, Avoid anything that would be memorable, Because being at […]

There, Every day, We’re faced with ourselves — The limitations of our bodies, The excessive aspects of our bodies, And over and over We can choose to shun the ordeal And to accept light and faith — . To let Go Of . The self and accept love If the love is truly there And […]

I came back home Again Like a diseased, Leather-made urchin Pining for the crows And knowing only the next Skin waste depot For his shameful transcendence Opening up any shout spot, Turning any key To view the euphoria Of yesteryear, Things people were willing to give away In sludge wells, Dark, smoky rooms where Pigeons […]

My sister, when I went out and visited her, used to drive to 7/11 every morning and get me a Big Brew, the 24 oz. cup of coffee they vend at that fine merchant. I never got why she did this, and I also never knew how she was so aware that I was deathly […]

I moved down here to Terre Haute, Indiana (a city which yes, has correctly predicted the presidential election winner every election since World War II) three months ago, from my hometown of South Bend, Indiana, and in this entire three months, I have yet to have a day whereupon I had nothing to do. Every […]

It is the final surrender of government to money. This ultimate control comedy show has given birth to a perfect epitome of America — A sneering “cool kid” with no compassion, A biting incisor to exact on the world, In the minds of millions of helpless, cloistered, Overworked voters, Every bit the anger they feel […]

I want to grab this mouse that’s running around in my apartment and throw it out the back door into the yard, like I did with one a month or so ago, but it looks so cute. The particular moments at which it looks so cute are when it’s scared witless of me catching it, […]

Just once I’d like to see you, Instead of going into that computer lab and checking that e-mail, Go out into the parking lot And do that dance where you’re climbing up the tree In your sports jersey Like one of the antiquated rustic men We see in our dreams . But I know, This […]